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Why UM-Flint

What Sets UM-Flint's Health Education (MS) Program Apart?

FOCUS:

The program offers instruction to prepare you for opportunities in areas such as: health behavior change theory and practice; program planning and implementation; marketing, health communications, program evaluation and research techniques.

FLEXIBILITY:

The MS in Health Education program makes an advanced degree possible, whether or not you have prior relevant job experience or have completed an undergraduate degree in Health Education.

You can pursue the MS in Health Education on either a full-time (18-month) or a part-time (24-month) basis.

Students are encouraged to begin the program in the fall, but motivated full-time students can begin in the spring and complete the program within 18 months.

RESOURCES:

UM-Flint’s Health Education program sponsors the Delta Phi chapter of the Health Education National Honorary, Eta Sigma Gamma, providing student members with opportunities for personal and professional growth while in the program and post-graduation.

The MS in Heath Education program provides opportunities for students to apply health education competencies and skills through practicums in the UM-Flint Urban Health and Wellness Center, a nurse-managed clinic located on campus that provides outpatient health care services to currently enrolled UM-Flint students and medically underserved patients living in Genesee County.

MS in Health Education students have the opportunity to provide volunteer health education services to the uninsured and underinsured of Flint through the Physical Therapy Health Education and Rehabilitation student-run free clinic (PT HEART).

International students must submit additional documentation. Visit the International Students page for details.

Application Deadlines

The program has rolling admissions and reviews completed applications each month.

Application deadlines are as follows:

Fall (early deadline*) – May 1

Fall (final deadline) – August 1

Winter – November 15

Spring – March 15

* You must apply by the early deadline to be eligible for scholarships, grants, and research assistantships.

International students are required to apply earlier than the deadlines posted here. The final deadlines for international students are May 1 for the fall semester, September 1 for the winter semester, and January 1 for the spring term

Marcie Roberts, MS

Hometown: Darlington, SC

The professors in the Health Education Department have a true passion in helping their students prepare for the next professional stages of their lives. Professors like Dr. Lapeyrouse and Dr. Parker have partnered with community organizations so their students can apply theory to practice as well as gain volunteer experience. While attending a civic engagement conference, I learned a lot of professors were concerned about making tenure or the politics within the department, but these two professors made a sacrifice so their students could succeed and prepare for the next stages of their lives.